Faucet for washbasins.



. PATENTED MAR. 17, 1903.

A.' GROTBWOHL. FAUGET FOR WASHBASINS.

AAPPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE 23, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR L. GROTEWOHL, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA..

FAucl-:T FOR wAs-HBAslNs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 722,835, dated March 1'7, 1903. Application tiled June 23, 1902. Serial No. 112,878. (No model.)

- a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Faucet for Washbasins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washbasin-faucets.

The object of the invention is to provide a;

faucet adapted for use either on the right or left hand side of a basin, by which arrangement the necessity of making faucets rights' Y y.

' and of like external diameter, the terminals and lefts is obviated.

With these and other objects in View, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists, generally stated, in a faucet having its body portion provided with two threaded extensions of like diameters and disposed at right angles to each other, said extensions being adapted for interchangeable association with either the nozzle or the operating-handle according to the position the faucet occupies with relation to the basin, thereby always to dispose the operating-handle at the front of the body portion, whether the faucet be arranged on the right or left hand side of the basin.

The invention consists, further, in the novel construction and combination of parts of a faucet, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Vand in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodi-l ment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage Without departing from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a faucet constructed in accordance with the present invention'. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical transverse section, taken through the nozzle. Fig. 3 is a similar View taken through the operating-handle.

The present invention is shown as applied to what is known as the Fuller faucet; but it is to be understood that it is equally adaptable for use in connection withfaucets of.' other styles, and for this `reason the invention is not to be limited to the precise arrangement shown. Y

Referring to the drawings, ldesignates the body of the faucet, having its lower extremity exteriorly threaded for engagement with the usual supply-pipe 2, the said threaded end of the body being provided with the usual valve-seat tobe engaged by a valve 3. The body is provided with two Vbosses or extensions 4, disposed at right angles to each other of the bosses being externally threaded at 5 for engagement by unions 6 for holding the nozzle 7 and'operating-handle 8 in operative position with relation to the body. The operating-handle is provided with the usual shank 9, having at itsinner end a wrist-pin l0 to engage with an orifice in the upper end of the valve-stem 11, and the union that coacts with the valve-stem also subserves the function of a stung-bo'x, as is usual. The nozzle 7, which'may'be of the construction shown or otherwise, is provided at its inner end with a head l2, to be engaged by the union, thus to clamp it in position against the boss with which it coacts.

By having the bosses lof like diameters it will be readily seen that the operating-handle and nozzle may be shifted to accommodate the faucet to either the right or left hand side of the basinan'd by this simple expedient the necessity of'duplicating the faucets for this purpose, but with the nozzle and operatinghandle transposed, as usual, is entirely obviated, thereby rendering it unnecessary for a plumber to carry a large stock of right and left hand faucets. Moreover, in washbasins where only cold water is supplied the faucet is almost universally placed in the right-hand side, so that a plumber will always haveion hand a large number of left-hand faucets that are useless. By the provision of the couplings changing of the nozzle and the operating-handle may be readily accomplished, and the presentation of tight joints will be readily eected, and with the nozzle the employment of the union is particularly advantageous for the reason that its adjustment may be positively effected with relation to the body with- IOO :o and an operating-hand1e and :t nozzle each carrying a, union adapted for interchangeable engagement with either of the extensions, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 15 the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR L. GROTEWOHL. Vitnesses:

W. W. DODGE, MARTHA LANE. 

